APPARATUS TO CREATE, SAVE AND FORMAT TEXT DOCUMENTS USING GAZE CONTROL AND METHOD ASSOCIATED BASED ON THE OPTIMIZED POSITIONING OF CURSOR
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The method and the apparatus object of present invention refers to a system and A method that create, save and format text documents using a device with gaze control and a system of quick positioning of the cursor. The present invention provides a faster interaction and requires a minimum effort with respect to the state of the art interfaces.
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14 Claims
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11. A method for the text documents processing based on optimized positioning of cursor, to be performed by means of electronic processing of data and information provided with means for visualisation of data comprising an eye tracker device, said method comprising the following steps:
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a) a user interface, adapted to allow the user to interact with said eye tracker device associated to said electronic processor, is displayed on suitable means of visualization associated to said means of electronic processing of data and information; b) user gaze coordinates, as raw data, are calculated from said eye tracking device, and represent the gaze coordinates, along the two Cartesian axis, obtained with the frequency typical of said eye tracking device; c) raw data related to said use gaze coordinates are filtered so that they are more stable and suitable to provide information about the user fixations, that is the number of user gaze around a certain area; d) the filtered data coming from step c) are sent to a set action module; e) an events management module processes the incoming event through mapping between itself and an application reply, so that every event/action is associated to a corresponding action on the user interface that involves a change of data and in case a change of user interface itself; f) the events management module sends such information to a states management module; g) the states management module processes such information and updates its internal state on the basis of received information; h) an interface management module requires the data for the updating to the States Management Module and produces a suitable user interface; i) the interface management module puts itself on wait of the following input data; j) steps from b) through i) on are repeated; characterised in that said step h) comprises the interface management module requests data for the updating to the states management module and produces a semitransparent window, related to the fixation area, that moves on the text following the user gaze, and a set of buttons, into the lateral bar, that can be selected, each of them corresponding to the words included into the fixation area, the events management module receives in input the event related to the selection of word chosen among the buttons into the lateral bar, determines the reply of the application and sends such information to the States Management module, the states management module processes such information and updates its own state, and the interface management module requests data for the updating to the states management module and produces a coloured bar placed at the beginning or at the end of the chosen word. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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